EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) – An El Paso man was sentenced to 130 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to a news release sent by the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas.
According to court documents, Gary Everett Rinker, 56, sold approximately 200 pills containing 19.8 grams of fentanyl to a buyer at an El Paso hotel.
The criminal complaint, which was filed July 12, alleged that over a separate three-day period Rinker sold quantities of counterfeit Oxycodone Hydrochloride 30 mg tablets to the buyer, totaling approximately 55 grams of fentanyl, according to the news release.
Rinker was arrested in July and pleaded guilty November 1.
“This defendant was a prominent fentanyl dealer in the El Paso community who will spend the next decade off our streets, largely due to his extensive drug-related criminal history dating back to 2007,” said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas. “I commend the joint efforts of our partners at FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as the dedicated attorneys of the Western District who continue to aggressively prosecute these offenders.”